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American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style

Various Artists SFW40037

This recording was the first bluegrass LP ever released. The reissue now contains 16 additional tracks, a total of 43 tunes played by the immortal Snuffy Jenkins and others, including Smiley Hobbs. A banjo classic that runs 60 minutes in length. "...[A]s unspoiled as the day they were recorded..." — Rolling Stone
Country(s) United States
Culture Group(s) Anglo-American
Keyword(s) Banjo music; Bluegrass music; Folk songs--United States; Music--Juvenile
Instrument(s) Banjo; Bass; Guitar; Mandolin
Language(s) English
Year of Recording 1990
Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Recorded by Mike Seeger ; Produced by Mike Seeger ; Cover photo by Carl Fleischhauer ; Design by Daphne Shuttleworth ; Cover photo by Joe Stuart ; Liner Notes by Ralph Rinzler ; Liner Notes by Mike Seeger

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Play	101	Shortening Bread	Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger	0:49
Play	102	Pig in a Pen	Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger	1:15
Play	103	Train 45	Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger	2:22
Play	104	Rosewood Casket	Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger	1:30
Play	105	Cotton Eye Joe	Smiley Hobbs, Pete Kuykendall, and Mike Seeger	1:44
Play	106	Don't Let Your Deal Go Down	J.C. Sutphin	1:03
Play	107	Under the Double Eagle	J.C. Sutphin	1:57
Play	108	I Don't Love Nobody	J.C. Sutphin	1:37
Play	109	Sally Goodin' / Sally Ann (medley)	Junie Scruggs	1:44
Play	110	Cripple Creek	Junie Scruggs	1:21
Play	111	Cumberland Gap	Snuffy Jenkins	1:37
Play	112	John Henry	Snuffy Jenkins	1:36
Play	113	Chicken Reel	Snuffy Jenkins	1:17
Play	114	Shortening Bread	Snuffy Jenkins	1:27
Play	115	John Henry	Snuffy Jenkins	1:12
Play	116	Lonesome Road Blues	Snuffy Jenkins	1:17
Play	117	Kansas City Kitty / Big Eared Mule (medley)	Snuffy Jenkins	2:08
Play	118	Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star	Snuffy Jenkins	1:26
Play	119	Careless Love	Snuffy Jenkins	1:19
Play	120	Sally Ann / Sally Goodin' (medley)	Snuffy Jenkins	2:00
Play	201	Home, Sweet Home	Oren Jenkins	1:08
Play	202	Spanish Fandango	Oren Jenkins	1:25
Play	203	Cripple Creek	Oren Jenkins	1:19
Play	204	Down the Road	Oren Jenkins	1:08
Play	205	Liza Jane	Oren Jenkins	1:33
Play	206	Hey, Mr. Banjo	Oren Jenkins	0:51
Play	207	Bugle Call Rag	Oren Jenkins	1:08
Play	208	Cackling Hen / Cumberland Gap (medley)	Joe Stuart	2:09
Play	209	Dear Old Dixie	Larry Richardson	1:19
Play	210	Little Maggie	Larry Richardson	1:15
Play	211	Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South	Larry Richardson	1:20
Play	212	Bucking Mule	Larry Richardson	1:23
Play	213	Lonesome Road Blues	Larry Richardson	2:03
Play	214	Turkey in the Straw	Don Bryant and Pete Kuykendall	1:00
Play	215	Jenny Lynn	Don Bryant and Pete Kuykendall	0:48
Play	216	Irish Washerwoman	Pete Kuykendall	1:03
Play	217	Wildwood Flower	Eugene Cox and Roni Stoneman	1:37
Play	218	Lonesome Road Blues	Eugene Cox and Roni Stoneman	1:15
Play	219	Ground Hog	Mike Seeger and Bob Baker	1:39
Play	220	Cindy	Dick Rittler, Hazel Dickens, and Mike Seeger	1:45
Play	221	Little Pal	Kenny Miller	1:01
Play	222	Rueben's Train	Kenny Miller and Mike Seeger	1:36
Play	223	Jesse James / Hard Ain't it Hard (medley)	Eric Weissberg, Mike Seeger, and Ralph Rinzler	2:30

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